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Proceeding contribution from Lord McNally (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 19 March 2009. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on House of Lords Bill [HL].


House of Lords Bill [HL]

The noble Lord is quite right. On Lords reform, he and I will march shoulder to shoulder towards an elected House. I do not understand why the Conservatives say that it is a second- or third-term issue. I remind the noble Lord that Sir Winston Churchill managed to lead a Government who brought in the Beveridge report and the Education Act 1944 while fighting a world war. When came this doctrine that a Government can do only one thing at a time?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
709 c413 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
By-elections House of Lords Eligibility Hereditary peers Public appointments Peers Life peers Appointments Commission
Legislation
House of Lords Bill (HL) 2008-09
Link
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